Eye-Fi Share 2 GB Wi-Fi SD Flash Memory Card EYE-FI-2GB (OLD VERSION)
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Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of Eye-Fi Share 2 GB Wi-Fi SD Flash Memory Card EYE-FI-2GB (OLD VERSION)
Customer Review: Simply amazing, effortless, sharing!
Summary: 5 Stars
Now this is how digital cameras should work. Take pictures and let them "automagically" appear on your home computer and your photo-sharing sites.
For anyone considering this card, or just wants an easier photo experience, don't hesitate to buy one. I picked up one for myself and was so impressed with it I purchased 2 more as gifts within 30 minutes.
The card itself looks and acts like a regular SD card in your camera. Take all the pictures you want, pop it into a USB reader and you can copy them over just fine. Seems to be compatible with pretty much any camera that uses SD cards.
The software (I've tried out both the Mac and Windows versions) couldn't be any simpler. It installs an icon in your system tray or menu bar that provides easy access to the eye.fi web site, change preview settings, and pulls down photos that were sent to the service (if you choose to have copies saved on your local computer). Even smart enough to put downloaded photos into date-stamped folders for easy organization.
The web site is where you manage your photo services for uploads, letting you link existing accounts (like Flickr or Picasa) or set up new ones easily.
The online help and documentation are well written, easy to understand, and to the point. I haven't had any reason to contact technical support yet but if it's as good as the rest of this product I won't be disappointed.
My only gripe is there aren't any larger sized cards available, but when one comes out I'll be upgrading. I am currently using a 8G card for RAW photos which are not supported for uploads, only JPG files are supported for auto-uploads, but any file type is saved to the card which can be read using any USB reader.
Customer Review: Impressed! These will be my Christmas Gifts this year!
Summary: 5 Stars
I've been long waiting for these to be released, and plugging it in for the first time to configure it, I was not disappointed.
It doesn't ship with a CD, just the SD card and a USB adapter used only for configuring the device. The software, both for PC and Mac was on the card, and installing, at least on the Mac, was a snap!
Configuration was trivially easy on my Mac laptop, probably in large part because it was a laptop and already had its wireless connection configured. The Eye-FI card cleverly and quietly sucked down the wireless configuration data from my laptop and configured itself.
The only thing I wasn't prepared to do as part of the installation was select a photo site to which Eye-FI would automatically upload photos. Instead, there's an option to only copy them to the computer on which you configured Eye-FI. This works great, by the way!
I was initially concerned about range, because it seemed to require setting the camera near the wireless router before pictures would upload, but by the third picture, it was able to transfer them from 15 yards and through a wall.
Overall, I'm very impressed with the quality of the hardware, the ease of installation, and actual functioning of the system. So much so that I've ordered two more for Christmas presents for some gadget/photography buff friends, and a third for my mother!
I'm hopeful having this card will encourage my mother to actually use her camera, as well as prove useful for "remote tech support" as we live in different states. If she can't figure out what wires to plug in to the DVD player, just take a picture of it, and I can walk her through it over the phone!
Customer Review: Would never go back to traditional memory card in camera
Summary: 4 Stars
Back in 2008 I was struggling with a not-so-technical hubby, camera cords, issues with photos not getting downloaded, etc. I saw an article in the WSJ about the Eye-Fi card ([...]) and decided to give it a try. Also, my hubby was on a drive to make everything wireless so that we didn't have cords all over the office desk. We ordered our card in October of 2008 from Amazon and have been cord free ever since.
The card shipped per Amazon's usual standards. Fast. Free. Undamaged. I have to say as a consumer, I have not been disappointed by Amazon's shopping/shipping experience.
In all fairness, I couldn't give the product a full five stars because it is a bit slow on the upload and sometimes when I have the camera on and next to the computer it won't automatically recognize that it needs to start a download. When this happens if I just turn the camera off, let it sit for a few seconds, then turn it back on in view photos mode, the download starts right away. I also understand I am using an old version of the memory card since I've had it for two years and by technology standards that is a dinosaur, but this dinosaur keeps doing its job so why replace it.
However, I can give it five stars on it's attributes. Just not having to plug into the computer to download pictures is five stars in my book. Linking it to my mac was super easy and it works great with iPhoto. Updating the software in the Memory Card is easy. The Eye-Fi site is easy to navigate and stores my pictures (although I also selected to have them upload to another online site).
These past two years have solidified that going forward any memory cards I need to purchase will be Eye-Fi cards.
Customer Review: Brilliant concept but needs some more work
Summary: 3 Stars
After reading the advertising on one of the tech review sites, had to have one. The idea of having photos downloaded directly to the hard drive and skipping the card reader end of it was very appealing. It was delivered more quickly then promised - and nicely packaged. Very easy to set up just like the review said, and the first downloads went flawlessly. However, after the initial use the card would not download the photos every time a new photo was taken, and sometimes not work at all unless the eye-fi software was re-started, etc. Even after adding a WDS wireless access point to give it an excellent connection to the network, still does not connect every time, even after considerable tweaking. The software does not offer many options and there is very little documentation available for the more technically inclined that would want to troubleshoot. It does work as advertised most of the time, but not all of the time.
Summary:
If you are expecting a product that works every time you want to use it, this is probably not what you want. You'll likely end up fiddling with it to get it to work, as it seems to have some bugs yet. Your results may vary. I'll give it 5 stars for concept and a reasonable price, but only 1 star for function, as it fails to transfer photos reliably.
12-5-07 Update:
After spending way too much time with trial and error (I don't expect much in the way of tech support on a $100 item) it's working much better then when I initially reviewed it. While the card has some limitations on what type of wireless access points it will connect to; for example, it won't connect to a WDS AP, I'll bump the rating to 4 stars.
Customer Review: Eye Fi with Canon SD550 and 30D w/Compact Flash Adp.
Summary: 4 Stars
This has turned out to be a great product both for personal use and business/professional use.
The product works flawlessly with my SD550 point and shoot. My initial experience with it in my 30D was somewhat of a headache do to trial and error. Here are the steps I took to get it working. It did not work at all by default.. initially I got a CF error and I thought it had completely killed the card.
1. First I checked my firmware on my canon 30D.. I was one behind.. My camera was running 1.0.5 and I downloaded 1.0.6 from canon.
2. After the camera was updated I put the eye fi in the card adapter and put it in my 30D camera.. I still got the CF error. So I tried formatting in the camera and that corrected the CF error. I could take pictures with it.
3. I put the EyeFi card in the USB reader and plugged it into my computer and the Eye Fi manager was finally able to initialize the card again and restore the wireless settings..
4. The card now works both in my SD550 and my 30D.
Its possible that I could have just formatted the card to begin with in my 30D without doing the firmware update and that would have corrected it.. I dont know for sure.
You do see a reduced wireless radius while in the 30D probably due to the compact flash adapter. I added High Gain antenna to my router to help compensate.
Be very careful on which CF adapter you buy for this card. If you use the wrong one it can kill the card.
I recommend this store for the CF adapter. They have been thoroughly tested by the store and Eye-Fi.
http://photojojo.com/store/awesomeness/eye-fi-wifi-memory/